﻿begs 
  the 
  Society's 
  acceptance. 
  I 
  will 
  thank 
  you 
  to 
  let 
  the 
  vase 
  be 
  sent 
  back 
  to 
  nie, 
  

   that 
  I 
  may 
  return 
  it 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Bowring, 
  and 
  also 
  a 
  note 
  with 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  beetle, 
  if 
  

   it 
  is 
  a 
  known 
  species. 
  If 
  a 
  new 
  one 
  it 
  might 
  be 
  called 
  Bostrichus 
  (or 
  whatever 
  is 
  its 
  

   modern 
  genus) 
  Bambuss. 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  am, 
  My 
  Dear 
  Sir, 
  

  

  " 
  Yours 
  very 
  truly, 
  

  

  "W. 
  Spence." 
  

   "J. 
  O. 
  Westwood, 
  Esq." 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Curtis 
  remarked 
  that 
  this 
  exhibition 
  was 
  interesting, 
  inasmuch 
  as 
  bamboo 
  was 
  

   usually 
  free 
  from 
  attacks 
  of 
  insects, 
  and 
  indeed, 
  on 
  that 
  account 
  the 
  canes 
  were 
  im- 
  

   ported 
  to 
  make 
  fences 
  and 
  for 
  other 
  purposes. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Douglas, 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  xMr. 
  C. 
  S. 
  Gregson 
  of 
  Liverpool, 
  exhibited 
  a 
  drawing 
  

   on 
  rice-paper, 
  by 
  his 
  friend 
  Sylvester 
  Diggles, 
  Esq., 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  specimen 
  of 
  Gas- 
  

   tropacha 
  Ilicifolia 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Gregson's 
  collection. 
  The 
  beautiful 
  execution 
  and 
  softness 
  

   of 
  effect 
  of 
  this 
  drawing 
  elicited 
  great 
  admiration. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Douglas 
  exhibited 
  some 
  specimens 
  of 
  Lithocollelis 
  Carpinicolella, 
  reared 
  

   during 
  the 
  last 
  month 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Staintou, 
  from 
  hornbeam 
  leaves 
  gathered 
  in 
  October 
  

   iand 
  November. 
  Mr. 
  Douglas 
  remarked 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  great 
  advantage, 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  

   heat, 
  to 
  rear 
  such 
  small 
  species 
  as 
  this 
  in 
  the 
  winter, 
  when 
  the 
  collector 
  had 
  more 
  

   lime 
  to 
  devote 
  to 
  setting 
  them 
  out, 
  than 
  the 
  pressure 
  of 
  other 
  captures 
  in 
  summer- 
  

   time 
  would 
  generally 
  permit, 
  and 
  in 
  insects 
  of 
  such 
  delicacy 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  im- 
  

   portance 
  that 
  this 
  operation 
  should 
  be 
  performed 
  with 
  nicety. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  exhibited 
  a 
  female 
  of 
  the 
  Psyche, 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Weaver, 
  in 
  a 
  note 
  read 
  

   at 
  a 
  former 
  meeting, 
  sought 
  to 
  establish 
  as 
  a 
  species 
  distinct 
  from 
  P. 
  opacella. 
  Mr. 
  

   Weaver 
  had 
  informed 
  him 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Doubleday 
  could 
  not 
  see 
  the 
  legs 
  Mr. 
  Weaver 
  

   asserted 
  he 
  had 
  discovered 
  ; 
  but 
  being 
  contident 
  from 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  larva, 
  and 
  

   other 
  circumstances, 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  distinct 
  species, 
  he 
  had 
  sent 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  President 
  for 
  

   inspection. 
  He 
  had 
  accordingly 
  examined 
  it, 
  but 
  the 
  specimen 
  had 
  been 
  mutilated 
  

   in 
  the 
  endeavour 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  legs 
  apparent, 
  and 
  he 
  was 
  therefore 
  not 
  able 
  to 
  pro- 
  

   nounce 
  so 
  decisively 
  as 
  he 
  wished, 
  but 
  it 
  appeared 
  that 
  there 
  were, 
  or 
  rather 
  had 
  been, 
  

   three 
  pairs 
  of 
  membranous, 
  cylindrical 
  appendages 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  head, 
  the 
  

   second 
  adjoining, 
  and 
  the 
  third, 
  posterior. 
  He 
  would 
  not 
  assert 
  that 
  these 
  were 
  legs, 
  

   for 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  articulated, 
  but 
  they 
  were 
  certainly 
  tubuliferous 
  and 
  not 
  merely 
  

   membranous 
  appendages. 
  The 
  insect 
  was 
  destitute 
  of 
  antennas, 
  in 
  which 
  also 
  it 
  re- 
  

   sembled 
  some 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  Psychidse 
  and 
  the 
  Oiketici. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  J. 
  F. 
  Stephens 
  thought 
  that 
  the 
  insect 
  in 
  question 
  'did 
  not 
  differ, 
  as 
  regarded 
  

   its 
  legs, 
  from 
  females 
  of 
  P. 
  opacella, 
  which 
  the 
  President 
  said 
  he 
  had 
  not 
  had 
  an 
  

   opportunity 
  of 
  examining. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Adam 
  White 
  exhibited 
  a 
  small 
  collection 
  of 
  insects, 
  chiefly 
  Coleoptera, 
  made 
  

   by 
  Dr. 
  Joseph 
  Hooker 
  during 
  his 
  late 
  botanical 
  researches 
  in 
  the 
  Khasya 
  Hills. 
  

   He 
  enumerated 
  Cercidocerus 
  Hookeri, 
  White, 
  Broscus 
  Nepalensis, 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  

   Moriraus 
  allied 
  to 
  M. 
  tristis, 
  Dictyoptera 
  Javetiana, 
  Coryphocera 
  tibialis, 
  Rhomborina 
  

   amethystina, 
  Lema 
  4-maculata, 
  Urophora 
  Hardwickii, 
  Gray, 
  a 
  Coccinella 
  allied 
  to 
  

   7-punctata, 
  and 
  Geotrupes 
  orientalis, 
  remarkable 
  as 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  a 
  genus 
  rare 
  every- 
  

   where 
  but 
  in 
  Europe 
  and 
  America. 
  Several 
  species, 
  Mr. 
  White 
  observed, 
  were 
  espe- 
  

   cially 
  interesting 
  as 
  confirming 
  the 
  views 
  of 
  the 
  geographical 
  distribution 
  of 
  insects 
  

   propounded 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hope 
  in 
  Royle's 
  ' 
  Himalaya.' 
  

  

  